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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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